ОСНОВИ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ ТА ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ СИСТЕМИ ВІЙСЬКОВОЇ ОСВІТИ ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНІЇ: АНАЛІТИЧНИЙ ОГЛЯД

Abstract

The creative use of international experience in officer personnel training abroad becomes of particular relevance in the context of the implementation of NATO standards in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, in modern conditions, positive elements of the experience of foreign armed forces should be taken into account when organizing the training of the officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The purpose of the article is to conduct an analysis of the current state of the UK military education system in order to take into account the experience of officer personnel training during the further reform of the national military education system. To solve the research tasks we used the system of general scientific and special methods of theoretical and empirical research, namely, theoretical and methodological analysis of the problem, the analysis of scientific literature on the problem of research, classification and synthesis of scientific information regarding the nature and content of certain tasks, monitoring of the existing system training of military specialists in the British Armed Forces, scientific generalization, general scientific methods of logical and comparative analysis, system approach, expert assessment, analysis and interpretation of the obtained theoretical and empirical data. The dynamic processes that are taking place during the reform of the military education system in the UK indicate that its development strategy implies multistage and continuity in gaining and improving education throughout the military service of an officer. The analysis of military education in the UK shows that it enables officers to improve periodically their professional competence throughout the military service. In this case, it is envisaged to use a wide network of specialized training centers of the branches of the armed forces, centers of practical training, courses for obtaining practical skills and skills for the future official appointment. Practical training of officer personnel has a tendency to be divided into basic military training and special military training. Future officers, while studying at a higher military educational institution, spend a great deal of time in internships, and in the process of refresher training or retraining, officers are involved in various military exercises. After graduation and before appointment, graduates continue their practical training in military academies (schools) or educational centers of the branches of the armed forces. The content of military education is focused on: the optimal ratio of humanitarian, natural sciences and special (professional) components; on narrow special (professional) orientation of military specialists’ training of all levels of command; on the training of military specialists with higher education on the basis of the integration of military educational institutions with the corresponding civil higher educational institutions, taking into account the specifics of the future military-professional activity of the officer. Thus, the experience of organizing and improving the training of officers in the UK can be useful in solving the problems of reforming the domestic military educational system.